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WEDNESDAY, 16 AUGUST 2000
You're "healing your inner child".
Your inner child is fine. It's your outer adult that hasn't opened a letter since March.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
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- Someone laminated an "Acceptable Behaviour" poster for the office kitchen. It will still be…
- Wealth is built slowly. Debt is built quickly. And it's hereditary.
- You've "been meaning to" for three years. The thing you meant to do has…
- They'll hold a minute's silence for you at the all-hands. It will be the…
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